S. Forest Service is receiving assistance from various agencies.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Due to the severity of the situation of the Canyon Creek Complex, the Conflagration Act has been enacted and the U.S. Forest Service is receiving assistance from various agencies.
Mason Spring and Berry Creek Fires, making up the Canyon Creek Complex, have now grown together for an estimated 22,000 acres. The fire continues to push to the east, as well as to the north down Canyon Creek. An estimated 250 resources from various agencies are actively engaged in structure protection at this time.
Fire crews are doing everything possible with the resources at hand to fight the fires. Firefighter safety, public safety and private property safeguarding is our number one priority.
A Type 1 team has been ordered and is anticipated to arrive and take over management of the fire Sunday. Firefighting resources are depleted at a national level in the west.
Local law enforcement has issued a Level 3 evacuation for the following areas until further notice:
Adams Drive| Dog Creek| Marysville| Pine Creek
Highway 395 south is expected to remain closed for potential three more days at least due to active fire, hazard trees, and heavy fire fighter traffic.
A Red Cross shelter has been set up at the Mount Vernon Community Hall. Multiple churches are also providing assistance. Multiply landowners are offering space for livestock, as well as the Grant County Fair Grounds.
Incident 289 on the Prairie City Ranger District in the Lookout Mountain area remained at an estimated 5 acres; crews continue to work on constructing line, and air support.
Joint Information Center is being established at the Malheur National Forest Office.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 9:55 PM PST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1055 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 .UPDATE...UPDATE...THE LATEST RADAR WAS SHOWING A DECREASE IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AND HAVE REDUCE POPS AND SKY COVER ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW SHOWERS REMAIN AND THESE WERE ISOLATED IN NATURE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MEANWHILE SOME MOISTURE MAY WORK ITS WAY NORTH AND EFFECT THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND PCPN CHANCES/TSRA WERE INCREASED OVER AND NEAR THE BLUE/WALLOWA MOUNTAINS. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW AND A SPS WAS ISSUED INFORMING THAT AFTN TEMPS COULD REACH OR EXCEED THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON TOMORROW. OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK FOR NOW. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS ALL TAF SITE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE COAST PROVIDING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO THE AREA. ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...THE CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TO EXTEND THE RED FLAG WARNINGS. MEANWHILE HAINES OF 5/6 WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG OR642 THROUGH OR645...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO ADD HAINES 6 YET TO THE FORECAST. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL BE MONITORING THE LOW AS IT SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA AS AN OPEN SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THIS WILL AGAIN PROVIDE A DECENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES...BUT WILL NOT RULE OUT OTHER AREAS. WINDS WILL PICK UP OUT OF THE WEST WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND WILL BE QUITE BREEZY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. THIS MAY POSE A RISK TO ANY NEW DEVELOPED FIRES FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. WEBER/VP && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN OFF THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOISTURE AND WEAK WAVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THIS PERIOD. ONE SUCH WAVE WILL CAUSE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A SECOND WAVE SHOULD KEEP A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS GOING OVER NORTHEAST OREGON AND MOST OF OUR WASHINGTON ZONES OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE WILL BECOME SOMEWHAT LIMITED ON WEDNESDAY. THUS ONLY EXPECT A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES, AND OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO A SHOWERS/STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER WALLOWA COUNTY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE UPPER LOW LOOKS TO BEGIN MOVING NORTHEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER THE PACNW ON FRIDAY. THUS VARYING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. BEST CHANCES LOOK TO BE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS EVENT AS STORMS THURSDAY EVENING COULD BE STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE. INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW FRIDAY WILL INCREASE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE A 10 TO 15 DEGREE COOL DOWN. 90 LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS SOMEWHAT IN AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER LOW DROPPING SOUTH IN THE MEAN TROUGH ON MONDAY BUT VARY IN THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF THE LOW BY TUESDAY. ECMWF IS FASTER WITH IT EXITING THE AREA, WHILE THE GFS AND CANADIAN MAINTAIN THE LOW AND MOVE IT OFFSHORE. THE OVERALL PATTERN SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. 93 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 63 98 63 98 / 20 20 20 20 ALW 69 100 69 99 / 20 20 20 20 PSC 64 101 65 101 / 20 10 10 20 YKM 64 96 65 96 / 20 10 10 20 HRI 63 101 63 100 / 20 10 10 20 ELN 62 101 64 99 / 20 10 10 20 RDM 55 93 52 92 / 20 10 10 20 LGD 56 94 55 94 / 30 10 10 10 GCD 57 98 56 97 / 20 10 10 10 DLS 67 96 68 94 / 20 20 20 20 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 97/97/97
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 587688.